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we were just pretending

"I guess I like that idea that you could pretend yourself into new feelings and new relationships. Obviously I'm a big pretender. but the kind of leap where it's almost like some kind of science fiction thing happens. Like we were just pretending, and then what's this? We actually have new powers now, and we see each other differently, and in fact all of life has suddenly tilted. I'm going for that everyday, personally."
~ Miranda July

Posts tagged "McSweeney's"

Standing in Boston
Smoking outside the bookfair
I long for Boston

Daily Haikus from Dan Chelotti

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Words That Could Conceivably Be Used to Describe Both the Super Bowl and a Superb Owl. →

Unpredictable
Head-turning
Majestic
Fast-paced
Expensive
Bone-crunching
Spirited
A hoot

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled. →

I must confess to being rather blindsided by the end of our relationship. It seems Captain Von Trapp and I misunderstood each other. I assumed he was looking for a wife of taste and sophistication, who was a dead ringer for Tippi Hedren; instead he wanted to marry a curtain-wearing religious fanatic who shouts every word she says.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Fake Massachusetts Towns. →

Lameham
Methol
Shamesbury
Blight Falls
West Lameham
Mansocket
Whitefolk
Leominsterlingburghamshireton
Scroughton
Unstable (/unst’-a-bull/)
Hamham
Braintree

Brilliance from the great Brodeur.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail And Discovers That His Bid For Tenure Has Been Denied. →

Several faculty members maintain that Dr. Jones informed them on multiple occasions of having discovered the Ark of the Covenant, magic diamond rocks, and the Holy Grail! When asked to provide evidence for such claims, he purportedly replied that he was “kind of immortal” and/or muttered derogatory statements about the “bureaucratic fools” running the U.S. government. Given his history with the Nazi Party, I fear where his loyalty lies.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Blanche DuBois' American Apparel Photo Shoot. →

“Thank you kindly, sir. Oh—a blessing in a can! Just what you need after a long dusty trip. This—what is this? “Pabst Blue Ribbon.” Joie de vivre. This may surprise you, but I am a woman who appreciates high-quality beer.”